Wednesday, January 23, 2013

baby quilt finished!

Here is a baby quilt I finished recently, but never posted a photo of! I made this for my friend Mallorie's son Connor, who is such a doll. He'll be a year in April!

This fabric is called Reunion by Sweetwater for Moda and I just love it! Of course, I am a slow quilter, so Connor finally received it in November, but better late than never, right? :) I have photo of Mal, Connor and I with it, but I don't want to post that, as I don't think it is right to post photos of children without permission from their parents!

I have several other baby quilts to work on too....one for my friend Stephanie's little Grace, one for Christine's baby girl-to-be (due next month!), and one for Heidi's baby boy-to-be (due in March!). Also, Steve's sister Heather is expecting a boy next summer, so I need to figure out what to do for her too! Grace's quilt is in the works, Heidi's fabric is picked out, but that is it with these so far! I need to get moving....

Really cute! Its amazing how babies just all decide to come together, making you baby-quilt busy, then all of a sudden everyone is done for a while and you've found all this cute baby fabric and suddenly there are no more babies to use it for . . . (at least thats my situation right now - oh well, I'm sure someone I know will start having babies soon).

the girl

I grew up in New England and now I live in Washington, DC where I work for the federal government. I've lived abroad in Luxembourg, Poland and Canada, and would like to live abroad again. I love to travel and fill my passport with stamps. I read a lot and want to build libraries where they don't have any. I have a lot of cookbooks and love using them. I have an adorable godson named Jackson. I also sponsor two little girls through World Vision; six-year old Majlinda in Albania and two-year old Boikokobetso in South Africa. I love cupcakes, poppies, chocolate chip pancakes, peonies, strawberries and deviled eggs. I collect tea towels, teapots, Boleslawiec Polish pottery, vintage sewing supplies, Peter Rabbit books/pieces and Russian babushka nesting dolls. My two favorite childrens books of all time are Miss Rumphius and The Velveteen Rabbit and I would like to write my own books someday. I'm learning to quilt and have become a bit obsessed with buying fabric! I also love red shoes and wear them frequently. Steve, my boyfriend, keeps me sane most days, except for the ones when he's the one making me crazy! All in all, life is good and keeps me on my toes.